KinderFarms LLC vs. Genexa Inc.

Explore the PTAB proceeding PGR2023-00051 filed by KinderFarms LLC on 2023-09-25. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

PGR2023-00051

Filing Date

2023-09-25

Accorded Filing Date

2023-09-25

Institution Decision Date

2024-03-25

Last Modified Date

2025-04-08

Proceeding Type

PGR

Termination Date

2025-03-24

Trial Status

Final Written Decision - Appealed

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

KinderFarms LLC

Represented By

Nolan, Brianet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Genexa Inc.

Represented By

Knauss, Danielet al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 1600 - Biotechnology & Organic Chemistry

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 17817637

Respondent Patent Number 11617795

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Max Spielberg et al

Respondent Tech Center TC 1600 - Biotechnology & Organic Chemistry

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

49 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP (GT) - C/O: GREENBERG TRAURIG

Customer Number —

Address INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT 3, 360 North Green Street, Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL, 60607, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
31542	Paul Mcquade	202-331-3187
32938	Barry Schindler	973-443-3289
33044	John Wahl	303-685-7460
36120	James Decarlo	212-801-6729
36133	Gerald Fellows	602-445-8383
37406	Bruce Neel	602-445-8339
38611	Andrew Schwaab	650-833-2000
38959	Dwayne Mason	713-374-3601
39200	David Gay	858-314-1182
40216	John Ward	650-328-8500
42738	Robert King	678-553-2322
53932	Andrew Sommer	703-749-1370
54246	Evelyn Kwon	212-801-6535
54919	Heath Briggs	303-572-6500
54953	Nigamnarayan Acharya	404-476-2002
57042	Peigen Jiang	425-427-9298
57199	Christopher Wickstrom	801-478-6900
59157	Trenton Ward	404-434-0741
60926	Nicholas Martin	512-320-7200
61362	Michael Russell	202-624-2927
61531	Christopher Bolten	619-848-2507
63329	Micheal Hebert	619-848-2513
65139	Andrew Tibbetts	617-310-5286
67376	Mammen Zachariah Jr.	561-650-7900
67441	Todd Basile	617-310-6045
68221	Jeffery Giering	619-848-2514
68448	Alexander Kim	612-259-9700
71517	Samuel Means	310-586-7854
71552	Ryan Sharp	612-259-9738
71572	Robert Ward	619-848-2500
71908	Albert Heng	619-848-2502
72300	David Mata	202-573-8201
72706	George Zalepa	973-443-3241
73986	Scott Goncher	212-801-6554
75111	Jae Shrader	212-801-9263
75567	Elena Rodriguez	619-848-2518
77160	Christopher Huebner	717-377-7122
77974	Samuel Stone	617-310-6059
78220	Gregory Schwartz	612-259-9745
78626	Richard Mauldin	678-553-2100
78857	Sagar Antala	617-310-6000
79071	Ciara Alvarez-Malo	310-985-1049
79428	Leif Olson	303-685-7401
79453	Emir Aviles Pagan	415-655-1300
79980	Minho Seo	612-259-9700
80459	Hannah Largoza	310-284-5649
80781	George Banis	702-462-5973
81431	Khadija Wilson	443-852-8868
82633	Jing Chen	765-421-2507

Proceeding Documents

124

Patent Owner's Notice of Appeal NOTICE

2025-04-08 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Determining All Challenged Claims Unpatentable 35 U.S.C. § 328(a) FINAL

2025-03-24 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Other: Hearing transcript OTHER

2025-01-28 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioner's Objections to Patent Owner's Demonstratives OTHER

2024-12-12 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Patent Owner's List of Objections to Petitioner's Demonstrative Exhibit OTHER

2024-12-11 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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KinderFarms LLC vs. Genexa Inc.

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

KinderFarms LLC

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

Genexa Inc.

Represented By

Tribunal & Venue

Patent Information

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Attorney / Agent Information

Proceeding Documents

Patent Owner's Notice of Appeal NOTICE

Determining All Challenged Claims Unpatentable 35 U.S.C. § 328(a) FINAL

Other: Hearing transcript OTHER

Petitioner's Objections to Patent Owner's Demonstratives OTHER

Patent Owner's List of Objections to Petitioner's Demonstrative Exhibit OTHER

Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit

Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

PETITIONER'S Demonstrative Exhibit

Petitioner LEAP Request Granted NOTICE

ORDER Setting Oral Argument ORDER

Petitioner’s Request for Oral Argument - PGR2023-00051 OTHER

Patent Owner's Request for Oral Argument OTHER

Patent Owner's Surreply OTHER

Petitioner's Response to Patent Owner's Notice Identifying Allegedly Improper Portions of Petitioner's Reply REPLYTOOPP

Patent Owner's Notice Identifying Petitioner's Improper Reply Arguments NOTICE

ORDER Conduct of the Proceeding 37 C.F.R. § 42.5 ORDER

Exhibit 1051_Deposition Trans of Dr. Berkland_08-14-2024 Exhibit

Exhibit 1049_Sun, T. and Teja, A. S. (2004), “Density, Viscosity.. Exhibit

Exhibit 1048_Screen shot of National Health Institute’s DailyMed.. Exhibit

Petitioner's Reply to Patent Owner's Response_FINAL_as filed 9.6.2024 REPLYTOOPP

Exhibit 1047_SPage Vault screen shoot of US FDA Precision FDA webpage.. Exhibit

Exhibit 1050_Herkenne, C. et al. (2008), “Effect of Propylene Glycol. Exhibit

Exhibit 1052_NATUSSA BABY DROPS-dailymed.nlm.nih.gov. Exhibit

Exhibit 1053_FoodData Central Exhibit

Exhibit 1046_Neves et al. (2010), Are paediatric medicines risk.. Exhibit

KinderFarms LLC NOTICE OF DEPOSITION Dr. Cory J. Berkland PGR2023-00051 NOTICE

Exhibit 3001 Exhibit

ORDER Granting Patent Owner’s Motions for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Adam Pivovar, Stephen R. Smith, and Brianna Patterson 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 ORDER

ORDER Conditionally Granting Petitioner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Shantelle L. LaFayette 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) ORDER

SCOGS (Select Committee on GRAS Substances) Database, FDA Exhibit

B.I. Maldonado-Guevara et al., Production Process Effect on Mexican Agave Syrups Quality: A Preliminary Syrup, J. Food Res., 7:3 (2018) Exhibit

Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

D. Reker et al., “Inactive” ingredients in oral medications, Sci. Transl. Med., 11:483 (2019) Exhibit

J.F. Swindells et al., Viscosities of Sucrose Solutions at Various Temperatures: Tables of Recalculated Values, Supplement to National Bureau of Standards Circular, 440 (1958) Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 10,238,640 Exhibit

Patent Owner's Response to Petition RESPONSE

Search results for “agave syrup,” Merck Index Online Exhibit

September 2021 OTC Product News, Infants’ Pain and Fever, Pharmacy Times, 87:9 (2021) Exhibit

E. Mellado-Mojica and M. G. Lopez, Identification, classification, and discrimination of agave syrups from natural sweeteners by infrared spectroscopy and HPAEC-PAD, Food Chemistry, 167, 349-357 (2015) Exhibit

Declaration of Dr. Cory J. Berkland in Support of Patent Owner’s Response to Petition Exhibit

P. Subramaniam and N. Nandan, Cariogenic Potential of Pediatric Liquid Medicaments– An in vitro Study, J. Clinical Pediatric Dentistry, 36:4, 357-362 (2012) Exhibit

Search Results for “agave,” Combined Index to USP 40 Exhibit

E. Hill et al., Sweetener Content of Common Pediatric Oral Liquid Medications, Am. J. Hosp. Pharm. 45:135-42 (1988) Exhibit

Genexa Kids’ Pain & Fever Blueberry Flavor Exhibit

Combined Index to USP 40 and NF 35, Volumes 1-4 Exhibit

L. Hernandez-Ramos et al., Nutritional value and antioxidant activity of the maguey syrup (Agave salmiana and A. mapisaga) obtained through three treatments, Not. Bot. Horti. Agrobo., 48:3, 1306-1316 (2020) Exhibit

Joint Notice of Stipulation to Modify Due Dates NOTICE

Patent Owner's Notice of Withdrawal of Notice of Cross-Examination of Michael Crowley Ph.D. NOTICE

Patent Owner's Notice of Cross-Examination of Michael Crowley Ph.D. NOTICE

Petitioner's Unopposed Motion For Pro Hac Vice Admission of Shantelle L. LaFayette MOTION

Exhibit 1045 – Mayer Brown Professional Profile of Shantelle L. LaFayette Exhibit

Exhibit 1044 - Declaration of Shantelle L. LaFayette ISO Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission Exhibit

Petitioner's Unopposed Motion For Pro Hac Vice Admission of Shantelle L. LaFayette MOTION

PETITIONER'S UPDATED EXHIBIT LIST NOTICE

Petitioner's Unopposed Motion For Pro Hac Vice Admission of Shantelle L. LaFayette MOTION

Exhibit 1045 – Mayer Brown Professional Profile of Shantelle L. LaFayette Exhibit

Exhibit 1044 - Declaration of Shantelle L. LaFayette ISO Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission Exhibit

Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

Declaration of Adam Pivovar ISO Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission Exhibit

Patent Owner's Unopposed Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission for Adam Pivovar MOTION

Patent Owner's Unopposed Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission for Stephen Smith MOTION

Biography of Brianna (Chamberlin) Patterson Exhibit

Patent Owner's Unopposed Motion for Pro Hac Vice for Brianna (Chamberlin) Patterson MOTION

Biography of Adam Pivovar Exhibit